Word: aftermaths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what Elmer-DeWitt had in mind when he arrived at Time in 1979. For one thing, the magazine was not covering the field at the time. For another, he first signed on as a temporary secretary. "Like many people," he recalls, "I decided to be a journalist in the aftermath of the Watergate hearings. I was trying to make it as a freelance writer and was basically starving. I needed a paycheck...
...aftermath of last November's electoral disaster, it's been fashionable for liberals, looking for some internal incoherence as the root of their downfall, to re-examine their roots. Traditional constituencies, such as the "economic liberals" involved in unions and advocacy of entitlements, angrily blame activists for gay rights and affirmative action for alienating "Reagan Democrats." Meanwhile, these social liberals scorn economic progressives for advocating outdated, class-warfare rhetoric inapplicable to the technology-driven economy of the 21st century...
...nothing in such disclosures, even in the immediate aftermath of the subway attack, could have prepared the Japanese for what police now believe. The man in the deep pink pajama suit seems to be the incarnation of that implausible villain in thriller novels: a megalomaniac who marshaled money, scientific expertise and loyal followers to act out his prophecies of doom and destruction...
...aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, the conservatives are also stuck with their own problem of violence in the media -- and it's not just Schwarzenegger's body counts. "Jackbooted thugs,'' the description of federal law-enforcement agents in a fund-raising letter from the National Rifle Association, is a kind of cop-killer lyric in itself. So is "aim at the head" -- radio talk-show host G. Gordon Liddy's suggestion for greeting federal law-enforcement agents at your door...
...they -- and their children -- weren't awash in a tide of explicit films, TV programs and recorded music. We are. And the consequences of this condition -- even the question whether there are any consequences -- have spurred arguments that grow more intense as mass entertainment becomes more pervasive. In the aftermath of Bob Dole's latest attack on Hollywood, TIME asked some prominent people who produce or comment on the arts for their reactions...